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Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters (Paperback)
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Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters (Paperback)
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Giovanni Andrea Gilio's "Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of
Painters" (1564) is one of the first treatises on art published in
the post-Tridentine period. It remains a key primary source for the
discussion of the reform of art as it unfolded at the time of the
Council of Trent and the Catholic Reformation. Relatively little is
known about Gilio himself, a cleric from Fabriano, Italy, although
he was evidently familiar with Cardinal Alessandro Farnese's lively
court circle in Rome as he dedicated his book to the cardinal. His
text-available in English in full for the first time-takes the form
of a spirited dialogue among six protagonists, using the voices of
each to present different points of view. Through their dialogue
Gilio grapples with a host of issues, from the relationship between
poetry and painting, to the function of religious images, to the
effects such images have on viewers. The primary focus is the
proper representation of history, and Michelangelo's Last Judgment
fresco in the Sistine Chapel is the exemplary case. Indeed,
Michelangelo's painting is both praised and condemned as an example
of the possibilities and limits of art. Although Gilio's dialogue
is often quoted by art historians to point out the more controlling
view of art and artists by the Roman Catholic Church, the
unabridged text reveals the nuanced and provisional debates,
happening during this critical era.
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